Maud, Countess of Huntingdon, Queen consort of Scotland

Maud of Huntingdon, Queen consort of Scotland

• Born c.1074 – Died 1130/31 — AKA Matilda of Huntington
  • Comments/Issues
    • From The Scots Peerage: “according to Fordun 2 she died 1130-31, and was buried at Scone ; but she appears in a charter c. 1147.3.”
    • Medlands calls the charter dubious.
    • Wikipedia still shows her buried at Dunfermline.

ENGLISHMONARCHS.co.uk: Maud of Huntingdon, Queen of Scotland:—

• Maud of Huntingdon was the [eldest daughter and heiress] of Waltheof, Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton. The last of the Anglo-Saxon earls to remain powerful after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, Waltheof was the son of Siward the Strong, Earl of Northumbria. Waltheof had taken a Norman wife, Judith of Lens, daughter of Lambert II, Count of Lens and William the Conqueror’s sister Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale.
• Earl Waltheof had joined the Revolt of the Earls against William in 1075 but his wife Judith had betrayed Waltheof to her uncle, Waltheof was beheaded on 31 May 1076. Following the execution of her husband, Judith was betrothed by William to Simon I of St. Liz, 1st Earl of Northampton but refused to marry Simon and fled the country. In around 1090, Simon of St. Liz was married to Judith’s daughter, Maud.
• They had three children:–
  • (1) Matilda or Maud of St Liz (d. 1140)- married (1) Robert Fitz Richard of Tonbridge (2) Saer De Quincy.
  • (2) Simon of St Liz (d. 1153) - married Isabel, daughter of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester.
  • (3) Saint Waltheof, Abbot of Melrose (circa 1100 - 1159/60)
• After the death of Simon I of St. Liz, King Henry I arranged for her to marry his brother-in-law, David of Scotland in 1113, the youngest son of Malcolm Canmore and St. Margaret.
• David had been sent to England to join his sisters, Edith and Mary when he was but nine years old. His sister Edith was to become Queen of England through her marriage to King Henry I, while Mary was to marry Eustace of Boulogne and became the mother of King Stephen’s Queen, Matilda of Boulogne.
• Through his marriage to Maud of Huntingdon, David acquired control over his wife’s vast estates in England, in addition to his own lands in Cumbria and Strathclyde. David spent over thirty years of his life in England.
• The marriage of Maud and David produced four children:–
  • (1) Malcolm (born in 1113 or later, died young)
  • (2) Henry, Earl of Huntingdon (c. 1114 - 1152) married (1) Ada de Warenne, the daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey (died 1138), and (2) Elizabeth of Vermandois, daughter of Hugh of Vermandois.
  • (3) Claricia (died unmarried)
  • (4) Hodierna (died young and unmarried)
• David succeeded his brother Alexander I to the Scottish throne in 1124. Maud died in 1030/31 and was buried at Scone Abbey in Perthshire.
• On the death of Henry of Scotland, her eldest son by David, the Earldom passed to his half-brother Simon II of St Liz. Simon fought for King Stephen during the English civil war known as the Anarchy, he was aware that if the Empress Matilda won, his earldom of Northampton would be taken by his nephew, David of Scotland. He died in 1153 just prior to the accession to the English throne of Matilda’s son, Henry II.
  • (accessed 20 Aug 2024)

FMG/Medlands: A. Earls of Huntingdon 1070-1075:—

• WALTHEOF, son of SIWARD Earl of Northumbria & his wife Ælfled of Northumbria (-executed St Giles’s Hill, Winchester 31 May 1076, bur Crowland Abbey[687]). His parentage is recorded by Roger of Hoveden[688]. Matthew Paris specifies that he was the son of Siward, of Danish origin[689].…
• m (1070) JUDITH de Lens, daughter of LAMBERT de Boulogne Comte de Lens & his wife Adelais de Normandie (1054-after 1086). Orderic Vitalis records that King William I granted “comitatum Northamtoniæ” to “Guallevo comiti filio Sivardi” and “Judith neptem suam” in marriage[701].
• Earl Waltheof & his wife had two children:
  • 1. MATILDA {Matilda} of Huntingdon ([1071/74]-[23 Apr 1130/22 Apr 1131], bur Scone Abbey, Perthshire). Ingulph’s Chronicle of the Abbey of Croyland records the marriage of Matilda eldest daughter of Judith and “Earl Simon[706]. Orderic Vitalis records that David King of Scotland married “filiam...Guallevi comitis et Judith consobrinæ regis” who brought him “binosque comitatus Northamtonæ et Huntendonæ” which “Simon Silvanectensis comes” had possessed with her[707]. Robert of Torigny records that the wife of “David [rex Scotiæ] frater [Alexandri] ” was “filiam Gallevi comitis et Judith consobrini regis”, naming “Symon Silvanectensis comes” as her first husband[708]. “Matilde comitisse, Henrico filio comitis…” witnessed the charter dated to [1120] under which “David comes filius Malcolmi Regis Scottorum” founded the abbey of Selkirk[709]. “Matildis comitissa…” witnessed inquisitions by “David…Cumbrensis regionis princeps”, dated 1124, concerning land owned by the church of Glasgow[710].
    • m firstly ([ 1090 ]) SIMON de Senlis [Saint Lis], son of RANOUL “le Riche” & his wife — (?–Priory of La Charité-sur-Loire [1111], bur Priory of La Charité-sur-Loire). Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton de iure uxoris. Earl Simon & his wife had four children:…
      • 1. SIMON de Senlis (-Aug 1153, bur St Andrew’s Priory). Ingulph’s Chronicle of the Abbey of Croyland names “Simon, Waldev and Matilda” as the children of Simon Earl of Huntingdon and his wife Matilda, commenting that they “are still young and in their infancy”[725]. He was restored as Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton [before 1141]. – see below.
      • 2. WALTHEOF de Senlis (-3 Aug 1159[726]). Ingulph’s Chronicle of the Abbey of Croyland names “Simon, Waldev and Matilda” as the children of Simon Earl of Huntingdon and his wife Matilda, commenting that they “are still young and in their infancy”[727]. “…Waldef filio Reginæ…” witnessed a charter dated to [1128] by which “David…Rex Scottorum” made grants to the church of St John in the castle of Roxburgh[728]. Prior of Kirkham. A manuscript narrating the foundation of Thornton Abbey records that it was founded in 1139 by “Willielmus Grose comes Albermarliæ”, and that “cognati sui Wallevi, prioris de Kyrkham…fratris Simonis comitis Northamtoniæ” arranged the arrival of the first monks[729]. The relationship between the two was through Judith de Lens, maternal grandmother of Waltheof, who was uterine sister of Guillaume’s father. The Vita et Passio Waldevi Comitis names “Simonem, Waldevum et Matildam” as the children of “comes…Simon…ex Mathilda comitissa”, adding that Waltheof was “postea…abbas de Malros”[730]. The Chronicle of Melrose records that he was installed as second abbot of Melrose in 1148[731].
      • 3. MATILDA de Senlis (-[1157/63]). Ingulph’s Chronicle of the Abbey of Croyland names “Simon, Waldev and Matilda” as the children of Simon Earl of Huntingdon and his wife Matilda, commenting that they “are still young and in their infancy”[732]. A manuscript narrating the foundation of Daventre priory records that “Symonis de Seynliz” had two sisters “quarum una…Matildis Seynliz” married “Robertus filius Ricardi”[733]. A manuscript history of the foundation of Dunmow Priory records the marriage in 1112 of “Robertus filius Ricardi” and “Matildam de Sancto Lisio”, although the dating of events in this source appears shaky[734]. The Complete Peerage records her second marriage, citing Hatton’s Book of Seals for “proof of this marriage”, and in a later passage that “her charter of dower lands in Essex and London, bearing her seal, is witnessed by her sons Walter FitzRobert and Saher”[735]. The 1157/58 Pipe Roll records “Matildi de Seinliz” in Essex and Hertfordshire under “Nova Placita & Noue Conuentiones”, suggesting that this related to her dower land soon after the death of her husband[736]. A manuscript history of the foundation of Dunmow Priory records the death in 1140 of “Matildis de Sancto Licio uxor Roberti filii Ricardi”, although the dating of events in this source appears shaky[737]. m firstly ([1112]%29 ROBERT FitzRichard de Clare Lord of Dunmow, son of RICHARD Lord of Clare and Tonbridge & his wife Rohese Giffard (-[1134], bur Priory of St Neot). m secondly (1136) SAHER [I] de Quincy, son of — (-[1156/58]).
      • 4. daughter. A manuscript narrating the foundation of Daventre priory records that “Symonis de Seynliz” had two sisters “quarum una…Matildis Seynliz” married “Robertus filius Ricardi”, but does not name the second sister[738].
    • m secondly (1113) DAVID of Scotland Prince of Cumbria, son of MALCOLM III “Caennmor/Bighead” King of Scotland & his wife Margaret of England ([1080]-Carlisle 24 May 1153, bur Dunfermline Abbey, Fife). Earl of Northampton and Huntingdon de iure uxoris. He succeeded his brother in 1124 as DAVID I King of Scotland]. King David & his wife had [five] children: …
      • 1. MALCOLM ([1114]-[1116/17]). Orderic Vitalis names “filium...Henricum duasque filias Clariciam et Hodiernam” as the children of David King of Scotland and his wife, but says that “primogenitam eius sobolem masculini sexus” was cruelly murdered by “ferreis digitis” {“the iron fingers”} of “miserabilis clericus”[430]. The primary source which confirms his name has not yet been identified.
      • 2. HENRY ([1115]–12 Jun 1152, bur Kelso Abbey, Roxburghshire). Orderic Vitalis names “filium...Henricum duasque filias Clariciam et Hodiernam” as the children of David King of Scotland and his wife[431]. He succeeded as Earl of Huntingdon in [Feb 1136], on his father’s resignation of the earldom. He was created Earl of Northumberland in 1139.
      • 3. CLARICIA (?–young). Orderic Vitalis names “filium...Henricum duasque filias Clariciam et Hodiernam” as the children of David King of Scotland and his wife[432]. Robert of Torigny names “filium Henricum duasque filias Clariciam et Hodiernam” as children of “David [rex Scotiæ] frater [Alexandri]” & his wife[433].
      • 4. HODIERNA (?–young). Orderic Vitalis names “filium...Henricum duasque filias Clariciam et Hodiernam” as the children of David King of Scotland and his wife[434]. Robert of Torigny names “filium Henricum duasque filias Clariciam et Hodiernam” as children of “David [rex Scotiæ] frater [Alexandri]” & his wife[435].
      • 5. [ — . m —. [One child]:
  • 2. ADELISA of Huntingdon ([1073/76]–after [1126]). Her parentage is recorded by Orderic Vitalis, who also records her marriage and names her two sons and indicates she had “several daughters” without naming them[711]. Ingulph’s Chronicle of the Abbey of Croyland records the marriage of Alice younger daughter of Judith and “Rodolph de Tournay”, her dowry being “the lordship of Wilchamstowe”[712]. She inherited Walthamstow, Essex[713]. “Aliz de Toeni” donated “ecclesiam de Welcomstowe” to “ecclesiæ S. Trinitatis Lond.”, for the soul of “Hugonis de Toeni filii mei qui ibidem jacet sepultus…Radulphi de Toeni mariti mei…et pro incolumitate filiorum meorum Rogeri de Toeni et Simonis et filiæ meæ Isabellæ”, by undated charter[714]. m (1103) RAOUL de Tosny Seigneur de Tosny et de Conques, son of RAOUL [II] de Tosny & his wife Isabelle de Montfort (-[1126], bur Conques Saint-Pierre).

REFERENCES

• Genealogics.org: Maud of Huntingdon cites:—
  • 1. Schwennicke, Detlev (Ed.), Europäische Stammtafeln, J.A. Stargardt Verlag, Marburg.
  • 2. Wikipedia (See link below)
• EnglishMonarchs.co.uk: Maud of Huntingdon, Queen of Scotland.
• en.Wikipedia: Maud, Countess of Huntingdon cites:—
  • Weir, Alison (1995). Britain’s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, Revised Edition. London: Random House. ISBN 0-7126-7448-9. p. 192
  • Matthew Strickland, “Senlis, Simon (I) de”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25091
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• Medlands’ Bio for Matilda [Matilda of Huntingdon] cites:—
  • Orderic Vitalis (Prévost), Vol. III, Liber VIII, XXII, p. 402. Archive.Org:—
    • Illa vero peperit ei filium, nomine Henricum, duasque filias : Clariciam et Hodiernam orro primogenitara ejus sobolem masculini sexus ferreis digitis crudeliter peremit quidam miserabilis clericus, qui ob inauditum , quod apud Northwigenas perpetraverat , scelus, oculorum privalione et pedum manuumque praecisione fuerat mulctatus.
      • TRANS.: But she bore him a son, named Henry, and two daughters: Claricia and Dierna, her first-born child, were cruelly killed with iron fingers by a certain miserable cleric, who had been punished for the unheard-of crime he had committed among the Northwigs, the privy of his eyes, and the exaction of his feet and hands.
    • (i) On pourrait croire que notre auteur aurait voulu donner a Simon 1”, mari de Mathilde, fille ainee de Judith et de Waltheof, la qualification de conite de Senlis ; mais dans ce cas il aurait commis une grave erreur. Sinion portait le nom de Senlis comme orisjinaire de cetfe ville, et non comme en etant le seigneur. On sait d’ailieurs qu’il etait fils puine d’uu personnage nomme Rondel-le-Riche II ne prit le titre de comte qu’au droit de sa femme, et a raison des comtes de Huntingdon et de Northampton, qu’elie lui avait apportes en raariage. II mourut a la Charite-sur-Loire, en revenant de la TerreSainte. Mathilde etait nicce a la mode de Bretagne du roi Henri. David, son secondmari, la perdit en ii5i, et en resta inconsolable. 11 ressort des roles de rEchiquier que ce prince resta en possession des comtes de Huntiugdon et de Northampton pendant toute la vie de Henri 1”, quoiqu’ils eussent du passer a Simon de Senlis, deuxieme du uom, inimediatement apres la mort de la reine, sa mere.
      • TRANS.: One might think that our author would have wanted to give Simon I, husband of Mathilde, eldest daughter of Judith and Waltheof, the title of Count of Senlis; but in this case he would have made a serious error. Simon bore the name of Senlis as a native of this town, and not as its lord. We know moreover that he was the younger son of a personage named Rondel-le-Riche. He only took the title of Count in right of his wife, and by reason of the Counts of Huntingdon and Northampton, which he had brought him in marriage. He died at La Charité-sur-Loire, on his return from the Holy Land. Mathilde was married in the Breton fashion to King Henry. David, her second husband, lost her in 151, and was inconsolable. It appears from the exchequer roles that this prince remained in possession of the earls of Huntlydon and Northampton during the whole life of Henry I, although they should have passed to Simon de Senlis, second of the uom, immediately after the death of the queen, his mother.
• en.Wikipedia: Scone Abbey:—
  • “Scone Abbey (originally Scone Priory) was a house of Augustinian canons located in Scone, Perthshire (Gowrie), Scotland. Dates given for the establishment of Scone Priory have ranged from 1114 A.D. to 1122 A.D. However, historians have long believed that Scone was before that time, the centre of the early medieval Christian cult of the Culdees (Céli Dé in medieval Irish meaning “Companions of God”). Very little is known about the Culdees but it is thought that they may have been worshiping at Scone from as early as 700 A.D. Archaeological surveys taken in 2007 suggest that Scone was a site of real significance even prior to 841 A.D., when Kenneth MacAlpin brought the Stone of Destiny, Scotland’s most prized relic and coronation stone, to Scone.
  • ORIGINS: The priory was established by six canons from Nostell Priory[1] in West Yorkshire under the leadership of Prior Robert, who was the first prior of Scone (later Bishop of St Andrews). The foundation charter, dated 1120, was once thought to be a fake version of the original, but it is now regarded as a copy made in the late 12th century. Perhaps the copy was needed after a fire which occurred there sometime before 1163 A.D. and presumably damaged or destroyed the original. Scone Priory suffered a similar destruction of records during the Wars of Scottish Independence. The royal assembly site at Scone originated as a power centre in the early middle ages.[2]
  • “TRANSITION TO ABBEY STATUS: In December 1164, during the reign of King Máel Coluim IV, Scone Priory was raised to an abbey.[1] Scone Abbey had important royal functions, since it was located next to the coronation site of Scottish kings and housed the Stone of Destiny until its theft by King Edward I of England. Scone Abbey was, according to King Máel Coluim IV, “in principali sede regni nostri” (RRS, no. 243; trs. “in the principal seat of our kingdom”). As such, Scone Abbey was one of the chief residences of the Scottish kings, who were hosted by the abbot during their stay at Scone. Most likely the king stayed in the abbot’s own rooms within the abbot’s palace. It is very likely that the abbey buildings (now gone) overlapped with the modern palace. The abbey also had relics of a now obscure saint by the name of St Fergus (also Fergustian), which made it a popular place of pilgrimage. Although the abbey long remained famous for its music since Robert Carver produced there some of Europe’s best late medieval choral music into the late 16th century, its status declined over time.”
• Find A Grave®: Madilda of Huntingdon (The image shown on the website is not this Matilda)
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  • Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. I p. 278-280
  • Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. III p. 299
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• Wikitree: Maud (Huntingdon) of Scotland (abt. 1074–abt. 1131) citing: (1) Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. I p. 278-280 – (2) Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. III p. 299 – (3) Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. IV p. 578--580.
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  • VIII. I232 to 1237. JOHN (LE SCOT), EARL OF HUNTINGDON AND CAMBRIDGE (nephew of William the Lion, King of Scotland), being 3d and yst., but only surv. s. and h. of David EARL OF HUNTINGDON…{FN}
    • FN: These were (1)Maud, Countess of Huntingdon, b. 1171, d. Epiphany 1233 (a few months after her br. The Earl), leaving a s. and h. John (le Scot), Earl of Huntingdon…

NOTABLE KIN

• en.Wikipedia: Maud, Countess of Huntingdon:—
  • Maud was the daughter of Waltheof, the Anglo-Saxon Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton, and his French wife Judith of Lens. Her father was the last of the major Anglo-Saxon earls to remain powerful after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and the son of Siward, Earl of Northumbria. Her mother was the niece of William the Conqueror, which makes Maud his grand-niece. Through her ancestors the Counts of Boulogne, she was also a descendant of Alfred the Great and Charles the Bald and a cousin of Godfrey of Bouillon.